type.co.uk news / january 09

SAY YES TO HOUSCHKA PRO

G-Type have finally updated the best selling Houschka family and released the mighty Houschka Pro which, like its Rounded sister family, comes complete with CE & Cyrillic language support, 3 extra stylistic sets plus a host of alternates, and typographic extras. Try it out here. Boxing Day saw the opening of Jim Carrey's latest movie, The Yes Man, featuring Houschka very prominently on the promo posters and website. More on our Used page. View and download PDF specimen

BORGES BRUSHDRAWN BONANZA

Fontworks are delighted to announce the addition of the Borges Lettering fonts to our range, a fabulous suite of flowing, brushdrawn handwriting scripts to enhance any artwork. Check out all 5 fonts, including the immensely legible Louisiana. Take 'em for a spin using our new test driver.

NEW RELEASES ROUND UP

Dalton Maag were prolific in 2008 and the latest family off the production line is Cordale, a very legible modern serif brimming with contemporary character. This follows their brand new grotesk, Effra.

Duncan Rogers has created Overlap, another inspirational display face released through his Image Daddy vehicle and Lucasfonts continue their quest to keep Thesis out in front as the largest super family known to man with the addition of TheSans Hair in OpenType.

Hoplight, the first offering from Robbie Smith, is an eye-catching hybrid serif packing a calligraphic punch.

NEW CHANK OPENTYPE & ADRIANNA FREE FONT 

Brand new Chank OpenType fonts are now available to browse, test drive and buy. Superior updated versions of old Chank display favourites like Brubecks Cube are now complemented by the addition of the extensive new Adrianna family containing 30 fonts in 3 widths (Regular, Condensed, Extended), Chank's first serious text face which also includes Cyrillic & CE language coverage.

To celebrate, download our exclusive free font, Adrianna BigSmalls.

Acmefonts, the London based foundry run by Christian Küsters, is synonymous with experimentation and pushing typographic boundaries but delve a little deeper and the diversity of the collection becomes more apparent.

Typefaces such as Battersea, Diwa, Klampenborg and Generation are modern text fonts of genuine calibre and appeal. Now available in single weights so browse away.

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